# Home Office could be blocked from deporting trafficking victims to Albania

https://mins.news/en/item/28367

- The Guardian, 2026-08-21 12:25 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/21/home-office-albanian-trafficking-victims-deport

> A UK immigration tribunal has accepted the asylum claim of an Albanian man who was trafficked to Britain and forced to cultivate cannabis, ruling that he still faces a real risk from his traffickers and cannot safely return. New country guidance requires the Home Office to consider those risks before deporting male trafficking victims to Albania.